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ORTHODONTIST ASSISTANT
Experience
Orthodontist Assistant
January 2020 to Current
Dental Care Alliance - Naples , FL
  • Educated patients about how to use and care for dental appliances, like retainers and braces.
  • Laid out dental instruments and equipment before procedures.
  • Protected patients by sterilizing instruments and equipment between every consultation.
  • Sterilized tools, exam chair, trays and surfaces for clean and safe dental office.
  • Assisted with fitting and adjusting orthodontic appliances and materials like bands, brackets wire for patients.
  • Assisted with putting on braces and removing them.
  • Passed instruments to dentist, gently sprayed water, suctioned fluids and mixed materials to support dentists during procedures.
  • Created panoramic and cephalometric X-ray images for dentist to review.
Dental Assistant
November 2015 to June 2018
Emblem Health - Farmington , CT
  • Prepare patient, sterilize or disinfect instruments, set up instrument trays, prepare materials, or assist dentist during dental procedures.
  • Expose dental diagnostic x-rays.
  • Record treatment information in patient records.
  • Provide postoperative instructions prescribed by dentist.
  • Assist dentist in management of medical or dental emergencies.
  • Take and record medical and dental histories and vital signs of patients.
  • Instruct patients in oral hygiene and plaque control programs.
  • Order and monitor dental supplies and equipment inventory.
  • Make preliminary impressions for study casts and occlusal registrations for mounting study casts.
  • Pour, trim, and polish study casts.
  • Schedule appointments, prepare bills and receive payment for dental services, complete insurance forms, and maintain records, manually or using computer.
  • Fabricate and fit orthodontic appliances and materials for patients, such as retainers, wires, or bands.
  • Apply protective coating of fluoride to teeth.
Dental assistant
May 2012 to August 2013
Family Health Centers Of San Diego, Inc. - Spring Valley Elementary School - San Diego , CA
  • Took patient X-rays, answered multi-line phone system, recorded patient appointments, assisted dentist chair-side, sterilized instruments, prepared operatories for patient visits, maintained cleanliness of office (vaccumed mopped floors, empties waste baskets.
File clerk
June 2009 to September 2009
Cactus Wellhead - Oklahoma City , OK
  • Keep records of materials filed or removed, using logbooks or computers.
  • Add new material to file records or create new records as necessary.
  • Perform general office duties such as typing, operating office machines, and sorting mail.
  • Gather materials to be filed from departments or employees.
  • Track materials removed from files to ensure that borrowed files are returned.
  • Enter document identification codes into systems in order to determine locations of documents to be retrieved.
  • Sort or classify information according to guidelines, such as content, purpose, user criteria, or chronological, alphabetical, or numerical order.
  • Find and retrieve information from files in response to requests from authorized users.
  • Scan or read incoming materials to determine how and where they should be classified or filed.
  • Assign and record or stamp identification numbers or codes to index materials for filing.
  • Answer questions about records files.
Education
Dental Assisting National Board, Radiology Certification, Pending Pennsylvania State Board of Dentistry, EFDA License, Pending : 2012All-State Career School - City, State
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA : June 2011Hope Charter High School
Summary
Skilled Dental Assistant with 6 years of experience and success providing chair-side assistance to dental hygienists and dentists in fast-paced dental offices. Accurate when preparing equipment and materials for treatment, taking radiographs and educating patients. Clear communicator driven to produce ideal patient outcomes. Motivated Orthodontic assistance seeking to take on new long-term position in Ortho setting. Certified in Dental Assistant National Board and highly experienced in working with patients and supporting. Respectful in communicating with patients and conscientious about educating each on key dental topics. Knowledge of dental terminology, law, ethics and records, able to respond expeditiously To both dental and medical emergencies, able to assist in fixed and removable Prostheses, in performing radiographs, amalgams, composites and glass ionomer Orthodontics and restorative dentistry, effective in the correct documentation of patient Extractions and impressions, instrument sterilization, Microsoft Office, excellent telephone Skills Medicine and Dentistry Customer and Personal Service Time Management Active Learning Schedule appointments, Telephone Assist dentist, Time Management Equipment inventory General office duties Sorting Materials Medical emergencies Microsoft Office Oral hygiene Prepare patient Phone system Radiology Maintain records
Certifications
E Haines CPR / American Heart Association, BLS for the Healthcare Provider & First Responder EDUCATION AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES AND HONORS
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School Attended

  • All-State Career School
  • Hope Charter High School

Job Titles Held:

  • Orthodontist Assistant
  • Dental Assistant
  • Dental assistant
  • File clerk

Degrees

  • Dental Assisting National Board, Radiology Certification, Pending Pennsylvania State Board of Dentistry, EFDA License, Pending : 2012
    HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA : June 2011

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